[sionnsar]

I had a Baptist background but I have already become familiar with the use of wine in services, but unlike Baptist all the wine must be consumed in the service. We sat there and waited for him to finish drinking all the extra wine for about 10 minutes.

Odd. When I serve, well into the service one of my functions is to count the expected communicants and tell the priest as he prepares for the Consecration, so he has an idea of how much wine and how many wafers to prepare for this specific Communion.

[AnAmericanMother]

That was the Head Usher's job, back when my DH was head usher.

Since we're both in the choir now, I have no idea who's counting noses downstairs. But somebody is, because they run it pretty close.